Listing all pizza recipes is impossible as there is no restriction on the imagination by which a pizza recipe can be made. Here is a small compilation of list of pizza recipes that are famous around Italy. The specialty about pizza as a dish is that there is no restriction on what kind of dish you can make, i.e. one can add anything to a pizza and make a customized pizza recipe of his own. Like green ants are a popular delicacy in Thailand so you can find a pizza recipe in Thailand which can have green ant as toppings. So pizza recipes can be infinite number but still there are some which are surely liked by most of us and these are what we are going to discuss.

Pizza Margherita (Pizza with Mozzarella and Tomatoes): This pizza is known as queen's treat as was first made for the queen margherita from where it got its name. Its Ingredients are: Pizza Dough (basic recipe), 2 oz. of firm, ripe tomatoes, 2 cloves of garlic, around 12 fresh basil leaves, 1/2 lb. diced Mozzarella and 4 oz. Olive oil. The procedure of making margherita pizza is still the same as when it was made first. Spread the diced mozzarella over the tomatoes and the dough spread, then place two basil leaves over the pizza as you take it of the oven. Add olive oil and garlic to it to add the flavor.There is also a tomato-less version of this pizza called Margherita Bianca .If you add a few filleted and diced anchovies, it takes the name of Pizza alla Romana. This Pizza Margherita was gifted by pizza maker Raffaele Esposito to queen of Italy in 1889 because its ingredients represented the colors of the flag of Italy.

Pizza Marinara (Pizza with Tomato, Garlic and Oregano): This pizza is a delight for the garlic lovers. Its Ingredients are: Pizza dough (basic recipe), 12 oz. of firm ripe tomatoes, 4-5 cloves of garlic, pinch of oregano, Salt, Pepper and 8 tbs. olive oil. Peel, seed and crush the tomatoes. Add garlic, oregano, 2 tbs. olive oil, salt and pepper to taste and set aside. Make the dough using the basic dough making technique, when the dough is ready, punch the dough into a disk, shove the on to an edgeless shovel coated with flour. Spread the sauce over the dough that's spread on the disk. Drizzle 1 tbs. olive oil on top and spread it thoroughly all over the dough spread before shoving it into a wood-burning oven or any other oven with a brisk move; turn round it occasionally to allow for even cooking. Cook for a few minutes and remove from oven with the shovel and serve.

Pizza Quattro Stagioni (Pizza Four Season): This pizza is known as" Four seasons" because it is divided into four sections of different toppings. Its ingredients are as following: Pizza dough (basic recipe), 7 oz. of clams, 7 oz. of mussels, 12 artichokes in oil. Along with that also use Salt, Tomato sauce, 2 salted anchovy fillets, 10 black pitted olives and 6 tbs. olive oil. Prepare the dough following the Basic Dough making Recipe. Wash and shell the clams and mussels. Quarter the artichokes; prepare the tomato sauce as in Pizza Marinara. Flatten the dough into a disk. Spread the tomato sauce thoroughly over the dough and then place each of the ingredients (mussels, clams, artichokes, olives with anchovies) into one of 4 different sections. Drizzle 3 tbs. olive oil on top and spread it thoroughly all over the dough spread before shoving it into a wood-burning oven or any other oven with a brisk move; turn round it occasionally to allow for even cooking. Cook for a few minutes and remove from oven with the shovel and serve.

These pizzas, which we have read about, are very native to Italy, and there are many other variations in Italy itself. There is a famous type called Neapolitan pizza or pizza napoletana which is made in a very authentic style. Authentic Neapolitan pizzas are made with local ingredients like San Marzano tomatoes, which are grown on the volcanic plains on the south of Mount Vesuvius. It uses only Mozzarella di Bufala Campana which is made with the milk from water buffalo which is raised in the marshlands of Campania. Pizza is surely a wonderful food and that is the only reason it is liked and consumed all over the world.